Trouble on the reef: The imperative for managing vulnerable and valuable fisheries

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 167-185

  Sadovy, Yvonne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Society for the Conservation of Reef Fish Aggregations   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Live fish trade; Management; Reef fish fisheries

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; REEF; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 29144487259     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2005.00186.x     Document Type: Review

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